Map - Mashike District, Hokkaido (Mashike-gun)

Mashike District (Mashike-gun)
Mashike (増毛郡) is a district located in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

As of 2004, the district has an estimated population of 5,736 and a density of 15.52 persons per km2. The total area is 369.64 km2.

* Mashike

In July 2004, the city of Rumoi, the town of Obira from Rumoi District, and the town of Masahike were supposed to form the South Rumoi Three-Municipality Merger Board, aiming at merging the three, in which case Rumoi and Masahike Districts would cease to exist. However, that hasn't occurred yet whatsoever.

 
Map - Mashike District (Mashike-gun)
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